Any person who causes, erects, or continues any nuisance shall be fined as provided in section 1-4-1 of this code. Every nuisance, when a conviction therefor is had, may, by order of the court, before which conviction is had, be abated by the zoning enforcement officer or other proper officer at the expense of the defendant, and it shall be no defense in any proceeding under this chapter that the nuisance is erected or continued by virtue of any law of this state. (Ord. 78-17, 11-13-1978; amd. 1998 Code)